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Kirk LaPointe

Kirk LaPointe

Kirk LaPointe is a Glacier Media columnist with an extensive background in journalism.

Recent Work by Kirk

Kirk LaPointe: The big tax reckoning is coming for Canada

Kirk LaPointe: The big tax reckoning is coming for Canada

As costs soar and demographics shift, governments can no longer dodge the truth: we either raise more revenue—or cut deep
Kirk LaPointe: B.C. is drowning in debt and no one’s throwing a rope

Kirk LaPointe: B.C. is drowning in debt and no one’s throwing a rope

Behind the G7 growth talk is a story of household strain, lender complacency, and economic fragility
Kirk LaPointe: B.C. needs political backbone to fix Metro Vancouver governance

Kirk LaPointe: B.C. needs political backbone to fix Metro Vancouver governance

Years of mismanagement, weak oversight, cost overruns demand provincial intervention—not polite distance
Kirk LaPointe: Carney’s Cabinet is built to stabilize, not to soar

Kirk LaPointe: Carney’s Cabinet is built to stabilize, not to soar

With little time and big expectations, the prime minister leaned on Trudeau’s leftovers to assemble a cabinet better suited to triage than transformation
Kirk LaPointe: Whitecaps surging, Canucks fans sulking

Kirk LaPointe: Whitecaps surging, Canucks fans sulking

Vancouver’s sports story flips on its head in 2025 as soccer overdelivers and hockey disappoints
Kirk LaPointe: Canada flinches at giving Carney the mandate he was hoping for

Kirk LaPointe: Canada flinches at giving Carney the mandate he was hoping for

No majority, no honeymoon, just Trump and a splintered House of Commons
Kirk LaPointe: Vancouver tragedy demands more than quick fixes on mental health

Kirk LaPointe: Vancouver tragedy demands more than quick fixes on mental health

Horrifying attack at Filipino community festival exposes deep failures in public safety, emotional care, political leadership
Kirk LaPointe: Poilievre’s pen packs a punch, Carney’s signature keeps things calibrated

Kirk LaPointe: Poilievre’s pen packs a punch, Carney’s signature keeps things calibrated

A pseudoscientific look at how leadership styles show up in the strokes and slants of the federal leaders' signatures
Kirk LaPointe: Federal election is Carney’s to lose after underwhelming debates

Kirk LaPointe: Federal election is Carney’s to lose after underwhelming debates

Thursday's English-language debate failed to change the state of play in Canada a week and a half from the federal election
Kirk LaPointe: ABC Vancouver stumbles into A Brutal Clobbering

Kirk LaPointe: ABC Vancouver stumbles into A Brutal Clobbering

After 2022’s clean sweep, Mayor Ken Sim’s party is unraveling under the weight of broken promises and internal discord
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